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Definition of Gunslinger
1. Noun. A professional killer who uses a gun.
Generic synonyms: Liquidator, Manslayer, Murderer
Derivative terms: Gun, Shoot
Definition of Gunslinger
1. Noun. In the old west: a person who carried a gun and was an expert at the quick draw. ¹
2. Noun. In modern usage: a person who behaves with the bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gunslinger
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunslinger
Literary usage of Gunslinger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. OECD Economics Glossary: English-French = Glossaire de L'économie de L'OCDE by Oecd (2006)
"... <FMI> [FIN] gunslinger opérateur attiré par l'appât d'un gain rapide [FIN]
GVA (gross value added) valeur ajoutée brute [SCN] ..."
2. Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts : the by Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (1998)
"For one of the two books in Historisk that she planned for June 1996, The
gunslinger, she came up with fifteen possibilities, ranging from ..."
3. Adventure Guide to Texas by Kimberly Young (1999)
"John Wesley Hardin Hardin, gunslinger of legend, drifted to El Paso after spending
15 years in a Huntsville prison. ..."
4. Corporate Crime in America: Strengthening the "Good Citizen" Corporation edited by Richard P. Conaboy (1998)
"... did not go to his company because he said he was afraid of being killed - Jack
Welsh is a well-known gunslinger - and instead went to a plaintiffs qui ..."
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